Key-ring



(No Model.)

I. BESSE.

KEY RING.

, No. 345,407. Patented'July 13, 1886.

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WITNESSES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ortuce.

IRVIN 'BnssE, or NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

KEY-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,401 dated July 13,1886.

Application filed March 22, 1886. Serial No. 196,077.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVIN Bnssn, of N ewburyport, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Rings for Holding Keys andother Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification in explaining its nature.

The invention comprises a curved metal ring having its ends extendedinward to form an opening, through which the keys or articles to besecured thereby may be passed, which ends are provided with'devices forsecuring or holding them together in a manner to prevent their lateralplay or movement in relation to each other.

The invention further consists in various details of construction, allof which will be hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a View in perspective of thecomplete device. Fig. 2 is a section upon the line a :0 ofFig. 1. Figs.3, 4, and 5 are views illustrating the manner of constructing thedevice. Figs. 6 and 7 show modified forms of the invention. Fig. 8 is asection upon the line 3 y of Fig. 6, and Fig.9 is a'seotion upon theline 2 zof-Fig. 7. Fig. 10 represents a modified form of the invention.

I prefer to use, in making my invention, iron or steel wire, eithersquare, rectangular, or round in cross-section; and in the process ofmanufacture I first cut the wire into blanks of the proper length. (SeeFig. 3.) I then flatten one end of the blank, as represented in Fig. 4..This provides me with the sections or wings a, which I subsequently turnto aposition tobring them parallel to eachother and at right angle tothe remainder of the end, to provide a recess or socket, a, for thereception of the other end, of, of the blank, which may be somewhatflattened and pointed, or otherwise shaped,to enter the recess orholding-cavity a, formed, as above stated, by the wings or flanges a.The blank, being thus shaped, is bent or curved, as represented in thedrawings, and the end sections, a a, bent downward and inward, so as tobring the end a of the section (0* within the recess a of the section a,

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In Figs. 6 and 8 I have represented aslightly modified form of obtainingthis result, which consists in forming a hole or recess in the end ofthe part a, extending entirely through the same, into which the end a ofthe section (0* may enter; and in Figs. 7 and 9 I have shown anothermodification,which consists, substantially, in forming the flanges orrecesses for receiving and holding the section a, somewhat above theends, and so that the ends a a. of both sections a a may be turnedoutward, as therein represented,and afford means by which the keys orother articles can be readily removed from the ring, as well as placedthereon.

In Fig. 10 Ihave shown the locking hole or recess a, obtained by bendingthe end of the wire forming the ring back upon itself, the space betweenthe turned-over end and the portion of the Wire or ring against which itis brought in contact forming a depression or recess, which receives andholds the other end of the wire or ring. This recess or depression maybe enlarged, if desired, in suitable dies, or by arranging a loop oropening immediately above the bend in the wire.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States 1. An improvedkey-ring,comprising abody or ring having sections or ends a a, ofsubstantially the same length, bent inward, as described, to form amouth or opening to the ring, of the character specified, adapted to beseparated by the pressure given in placing a key upon the ring, one ofwhich sections or rims is provided with a recess or groove, a, forreceiving and holding the other section or end, thereby locking the twoends and preventing their lateral movement, substantially as described.

2. The improved key-ring, comprising a body or ring having the sectionsa a bent inward in relation to the remainder of the ring, as. specified,one of which has a recess or groove for holding the other, and the endsa a, bent outward or away from each other, all substantially as setforth.

IRVIN BESSE.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, FRED. B. DOLAN.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters PatentNo. 345,407, granted July 13, 1886, for an improvement in Key-Rings, waserroneously written in the grant Irwin Besse, Whereas said name shouldhave been Written Irvin Besse; and that said Letters Patent should beread with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecordof the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned; and sealed this 27th day of July, A. D. 1886;

[SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. Oountersig'ned:

M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents.

